PNB Genetics News & Research
Brain Genetics Paper Retracted
By Anna Azvolinsky
The Scientist
September 4, 2014
A study that identified genes linked to communication between different areas of the brain has been retracted by its ... Read more »
Impact of Behavioral Genetic Evidence on the Adjudication of Criminal Behavior
By Paul Appelbaum and Nicholas Scurich
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
March 2014
Recent advances in behavioral genetics suggest a modest ... Read more »
Genotype-Phenotype Correlation– Promiscuity in the Era of Next-Generation Sequencing
By James T. Lu, Philippe M. Campeau, and Brendan H. Lee
New England Journal of Medicine
August 14, 2014
Ever since Mendel observed the varied phenotypes of ... Read more »
Free Will and Punishment: A Mechanistic View of Human Nature Reduces Retribution
By: Azim F. Shariff, Joshua D. Greene, Johan C. Karremans, Jamie B. Luguri, Cory J. Clark, Jonathan W. Schooler, Roy F. Baumeister, Kathleen D. ... Read more »
Models of Consent to Return of Incidental Findings in Genomic Research
By Paul S. Appelbaum, Erik Parens, Cameron R. Waldman, Robert Klitzman, Abby Fyer, Josue Martinez, W. Nicholson Price II, and Wendy K. Chung
The Hastings ... Read more »
Missense dopamine transporter mutations associate with adult parkinsonism and ADHD
By Freja H. Hansen, Tina Skjørringe, Saiqa Yasmeen et al.
July 2014
The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Abstract
Parkinsonism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are widespread ... Read more »
Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci
By Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
Nature
July 22, 2014
Abstract
Schizophrenia is a highly heritable disorder. Genetic risk is conferred by a large number ... Read more »
Disruptive CHD8 Mutations Define a Subtype of Autism Early in Development
By Raphael Bernier, Christelle Golzio, Bo Xiong et al.
Cell Volume 158, Issue 2
July 2014
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous disease in which ... Read more »
Gene Discovery May Add New Piece to Schizophrenia Puzzle
By Joan Arehart-Treichel
Psychiatric News
July 17, 2014
A chromatin-related gene may contribute not just to schizophrenia, but to obsessive-compulsive and other psychiatric disorders.
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Revealing the results of whole-genome sequencing and whole-exome sequencing in research and clinical investigations: some ethical issues
By Nina Hallowell, Alison Hall, Corinna Alberg, Ron Zimmern
Journal of Medical Ethics
July 18, 2014
Abstract
The introduction of new sequencing technologies whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and whole-exome ... Read more »
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